HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 16 -- The University of Alabama in Huntsville issued the following news release:
Mosquito larvae in a storm puddle.
Can newly identified antiviral compounds help stop some of the most dangerous mosquito-borne viruses that attack the brain? A research team led by scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has generated a new class of antiviral compounds that show strong therapeutic potential against Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV), considered the most dangerous neurotropic alphavirus known to infect humans. The breakthrough study was published in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.
Neurotropic alphaviruses can infect the central nervo...